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<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt'>The
Decision Making Machine:</span> <br>
</b><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>Can Committes Make Reasoned Decisions
When Faced With Incomplete Information?</span></i></b></p>

<p align=center style='text-align:center'><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt'>By<br>
Jennifer Nicoll<br>
Senior Honors Thesis<br>
UCSD&nbsp;Political Science Department<br>
1997</span></b></p>

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